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History · Arenac Township

Arenac Township’s post office opened in 1883, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Arenac Township began

When was Arenac Township founded?

1883

The Arenac Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Arenac (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 871143 years
Founding year: the first Arenac Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Arenac Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Arenac Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Arenac Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Arenac Township is a civil township of Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 871. The city of Omer is surrounded by the township but is administered autonomously.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 903 to 871 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Arenac Township, 1883 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Arenac post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Arenac post office closes
  5. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Arenac Township on the map, 1968 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Arenac Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Arenac Township on the 1968 USGS mapArenac Township on the 1984 USGS map1968Omer sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Arenac Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Arenac Township

Nobody well known was born in Arenac Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Janae KrocAmerican powerlifter and bodybuilder · b. 1972
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Harry MatuzakAmerican baseball player · b. 1910
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Arenac, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Arenac
Gone or out of use
Arenac Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Arenac Township
Arenac TownshipEvergreenSaint Edwards Catholic

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Au Gres TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeep River TownshipIts storyCMason TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStandish TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClayton TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Arenac Township’s history

What year was Arenac Township founded?

The Arenac Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.